Course Title:Introduction To Web Technologies For Educators Course Number: EPD100
Instructor: Lisa Venezia-Thomas
Phone: 201-599-4178 (ext.1402) Email: lthomas@emerson.k12.nj.us Office: located in Emerson High School Media Center Office hours: M-F 2:30 - 3:30 PM; also available by appointment
Required Text: No text. We will utilize online articles and other resources available on the internet.
Course Description: EPD100 Introduction to Web Technologies For Teachers is a ten-week professional development course which provides teachers with an overview of Web Technologies/ Web 2.0 tools. It will demonstrate their use in the classroom to enhance pedagogical opportunities and student-teacher collaboration. At the conclusion of this ten-week course, educators should have a collection of various resources to utilize in the classroom and have earned 10 PDH/ 1 CEU.
Course Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.
Number of Sessions/Weeks/Hours/Credits: 10 sessions equivalent to at least one hour dedicated each week/ one CEU or ten PD hours.
Subsequent Appropriate Courses: Creating a Personal Learning Network (PLN) Course number: EPD101
Modes of Delivery: Asynchronous: 90%; Synchronous: 10%
Platform Software Package One live class meeting will be held via Google+ Hangout, DimDim, ooVoo, Skype or other; the overall course platform will utilize wikispaces.
Course Topics The genres of web technologies. Why use web technologies when teaching today's net-generation? Free or reasonable, open source web technologies, some of which may include:
Rationale for Offering/Taking/Teaching This Course Online: This course will be offered to teachers who would like to build their Personal Learning Networks and continue building their technological literacy by working with other educators. This online PD course will be offered to teachers to help learn of various free online resources to utilize in the classroom with students and help them accomplish their required Professional Development hours from their setting/ location of choice.
Expected Student Outcomes: At the conclusion of this course, teachers will be expected to:
Create a "Glog" demonstrating a web technology that could be utilized in the classroom.
Set up an online resource wikispace devoted to a unit or chapter utilizing enhanced available web technologies.
Unit must be shared with professor via wikispace invitation.
Unit must include instructional goals and learning objectives, instructional strategies, assessment, technology used, organization and presentation, materials needed, motivation, standard correlation, learning community and inclusive instruction.
Must meet criteria stated in rubric.
Description of Content: This course is offered online and participants are expected to work at least one-hour weekly. Teachers are able to access lectures, complete assignments, and interact with their classmates and the instructor via their computers.
Session 1: Introductions; Evolving Web Technologies Session 2: Why web technologies in the classroom? Session 3: Learning Tools and Social Bookmarks Session 4: Content Sharing Session 5: Conversations Session 6: Organizers Session 7:Advocacy for Social Networks in Education Session 8: Creators Session 9: Unit Plan Concepts and video conference Session 10: Unit Project Sharing
Course Requirements: (1) Reading assigned lectures and class exercises in a timely fashion. (2) Posting or responding online to discussion questions and answers regarding session topics in a timely fashion? (3) Create a google account and other accounts necessary to complete course projects
(ie. Animoto for education, wikispaces, glogster, DimDim, etc)
(4) Keep track of your Log-in ID and passwords.
(5) Take an active role in the scheduled online video discussion.
(6) Share your Glogster project visualizing a web technology of choice. (6) Share your final class project in a wikispace which you have created. This will be a class unit utilizing web 2.0 tools.
(7) Periodically back up all course work on a flash drive or other online site (ie. Google.docs) to avoid loss of course work.
(8) A strict person code of ethics should be followed. If one is caught plagiarizing, she or he will not receive credit for the course. Follow through action will also occur which could consist of probation, suspension or expulsion.
(9) All works should be cited using APA/ social sciences style. If you are unfamiliar with APA style, consult Diana Hacker's 5th Edition Research and Documentation online at http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/index.htm.
Course Evaluation:
Grades
Mark
98-100
A+
94-97
A
90-93
A-
87-89
B+
84-86
B
81-83
B-
78-80
C+
75-77
C
73-74
C-
70-72
D
0-69
F
Grades will be based on participation and quality of work.
20% = Participation in course sessions, (i.e., reading assigned online articles, journals, text chapters or viewing videos, participating in class discussions, reporting progress to instructor, asking questions and giving feedback)
40% = Project 1: Glogster teaching a Web Technology/ Tool. Glog should be posted on Wikipage http://epd100.wikispaces.com/ or Google Docs.
40% = Project 2: Web Technology Unit Development
% = 100%
Required Resources:
No textbook necessary; all reading will be provided to you online via saved documents or web links (see works cited list.)
You must have a computer available with internet access and the following minimum system requirements (the stated version or later):
OS: Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Vista, Windows 7
Browser: Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1.5, Google Chrome, Safari 3, Opera 9.5
Flash Player 6.0.79 or later (http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash) (Flash Player 7 or later recommended), and one of the following browsers (the stated version or later):
Windows: Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 1, Google Chrome, Safari 3, Opera 9.5, Netscape 7, AOL 8, CompuServe 7
Macintosh: Safari 3 and later, Firefox 1.x and later, Google Chrome
Linux: Firefox 1, Opera 9.5, Konqueror 3.3.1
You will also need a web camera (built in or clip on).
Course Syllabus/ (Spring Semester - Community School of Emerson NJ; no charge to in-district teaching professionals) Session Dates: EPD100_Course Syllabus Dates.pdf
Course Number: EPD100
Instructor: Lisa Venezia-Thomas
Phone: 201-599-4178 (ext.1402)
Email: lthomas@emerson.k12.nj.us
Office: located in Emerson High School Media Center
Office hours: M-F 2:30 - 3:30 PM; also available by appointment
Required Text:
No text. We will utilize online articles and other resources available on the internet.
Course Description:
EPD100 Introduction to Web Technologies For Teachers is a ten-week professional development course which provides teachers with an overview of Web Technologies/ Web 2.0 tools. It will demonstrate their use in the classroom to enhance pedagogical opportunities and student-teacher collaboration. At the conclusion of this ten-week course, educators should have a collection of various resources to utilize in the classroom and have earned 10 PDH/ 1 CEU.
Course Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this course.
Number of Sessions/Weeks/Hours/Credits: 10 sessions equivalent to at least one hour dedicated each week/ one CEU or ten PD hours.
Subsequent Appropriate Courses: Creating a Personal Learning Network (PLN) Course number: EPD101
Modes of Delivery: Asynchronous: 90%; Synchronous: 10%
Platform Software Package
One live class meeting will be held via Google+ Hangout, DimDim, ooVoo, Skype or other; the overall course platform will utilize wikispaces.
Site: http://epd100.wikispaces.com/
Video Conferencing: https://my.dimdim.com/cavo
or as an alternate ooVoo via http://webvideocall.oovoo.com/callme/lvthomas/256
Telephone: 201-599-4178 (1402)
Chat: google chat momtomthomas@gmail.com
Twitter: @lvthomas
Google+: https://plus.google.com/109398071190393394778
Course Topics
The genres of web technologies. Why use web technologies when teaching today's net-generation?
Free or reasonable, open source web technologies, some of which may include:
Rationale for Offering/Taking/Teaching This Course Online:
This course will be offered to teachers who would like to build their Personal Learning Networks and continue building their technological literacy by working with other educators. This online PD course will be offered to teachers to help learn of various free online resources to utilize in the classroom with students and help them accomplish their required Professional Development hours from their setting/ location of choice.
Expected Student Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, teachers will be expected to:
Description of Content:
This course is offered online and participants are expected to work at least one-hour weekly. Teachers are able to access lectures, complete assignments, and interact with their classmates and the instructor via their computers.
Session 1: Introductions; Evolving Web Technologies
Session 2: Why web technologies in the classroom?
Session 3: Learning Tools and Social Bookmarks
Session 4: Content Sharing
Session 5: Conversations
Session 6: Organizers
Session 7: Advocacy for Social Networks in Education
Session 8: Creators
Session 9: Unit Plan Concepts and video conference
Session 10: Unit Project Sharing
Course Requirements:
(1) Reading assigned lectures and class exercises in a timely fashion.
(2) Posting or responding online to discussion questions and answers regarding session topics in a timely fashion?
(3) Create a google account and other accounts necessary to complete course projects
(ie. Animoto for education, wikispaces, glogster, DimDim, etc)
(4) Keep track of your Log-in ID and passwords.
(5) Take an active role in the scheduled online video discussion.
(6) Share your Glogster project visualizing a web technology of choice.
(6) Share your final class project in a wikispace which you have created. This will be a class unit utilizing web 2.0 tools.
(7) Periodically back up all course work on a flash drive or other online site (ie. Google.docs) to avoid loss of course work.
(8) A strict person code of ethics should be followed. If one is caught plagiarizing, she or he will not receive credit for the course. Follow through action will also occur which could consist of probation, suspension or expulsion.
(9) All works should be cited using APA/ social sciences style. If you are unfamiliar with APA style, consult Diana Hacker's 5th Edition Research and Documentation online at http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e/index.htm.
Course Evaluation:
- Grades will be based on participation and quality of work.
- 20% = Participation in course sessions, (i.e., reading assigned online articles, journals, text chapters or viewing videos, participating in class discussions, reporting progress to instructor, asking questions and giving feedback)
- 40% = Project 1: Glogster teaching a Web Technology/ Tool. Glog should be posted on Wikipage http://epd100.wikispaces.com/ or Google Docs.
- 40% = Project 2: Web Technology Unit Development
% = 100%Required Resources:
No textbook necessary; all reading will be provided to you online via saved documents or web links (see works cited list.)
You must have a computer available with internet access and the following minimum system requirements (the stated version or later):
Course Syllabus/ (Spring Semester - Community School of Emerson NJ; no charge to in-district teaching professionals)
Session Dates: EPD100_Course Syllabus Dates.pdf
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